The highlight of SIAT 2007 was its inauguration by His Excellency The President of India.

The Hon'ble President of India laid the directions for the Indian Automotive Industry for its future course and set goals to reach. He emphasized the need for technology leading to competitiveness with innovation as capital. He also covered the need for protecting the environment and the role of automotive industry towards it.

The Inauguration Ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on the theme of SIAT 2007 "Strategy for Global Presence" chaired by Dr.R.C.Panda, Secretary, Mo HIPE. The automotive mission plan (AMP 2006-2016) was presented by Dr.Pawan Goenka, Vice President-ARAI, President-SAEINDIA, President-Automotive Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. There was a lively discussion identifying the areas to be strengthened to meet the AMP and build "Brand India" image. During the 21 technical sessions, held concurrently in 3 halls, there were 28 keynote papers and 74 technical papers. The papers covered all the areas of automotive engineering viz. Emissions (18), CAE (15), Safety (11), Power-plants (11), NVH (10), Alternate fuels (10), Evaluation techniques (9), Automotive electronics (8), Materials (4), Vehicle engineering (3) and others (3).

More than 750 delegates / invitees from automobile companies and R & D Institutions from India and abroad participated in SIAT2007, including 100 overseas delegates. With more than 100 stalls, SIAT Expo 2007 was a huge success. Apart from SIAT2007 delegates and invitees, there were around 3000 visitors to SIAT Expo stalls.

Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, was the Chief Guest during Valedictory Function on 20th Jan 2007. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Vice President-ARAI, President-SAEINDIA, President-Automotive Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., has presided-over.

Following Awards for technical papers and Expo stalls have been given during Valedictory Function at the hands of the Chief Guest :